Faculty and Staff
To meet with us, schedule an academic appointment by contacting our department at 937-229-2521, or learn about options to schedule a general campus visit or tour.
Department Chair
Karolyn Hansen
Associate Professor; Chair of the Department of Biology
Administrative Assistant
Erin Pacheco
Senior Administrative Assistant
Teaching Faculty
Loan Bui
Assistant Professor
Katia Del-Rio Tsonis
Adjunct Faculty
Mariela Gantchoff
Assistant Professor
Karolyn Mueller Hansen
Associate Professor; Chair of the Department of Biology
Maggie Hantak
Assistant Professor
Madhuri Kango-Singh
Professor; Schuellein Endowed Chair
Jeffrey Kavanaugh
Principal Lecturer
Sunita Kichambare
Adjunct Faculty
Carissa Krane
Professor; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Research and Scholarship
Ryan McEwan
Professor; Associate Chair; Director of Graduate Program in Biology
Melani Muratore
Adjunct Faculty
Mark G Nielsen
Professor
Erik Pilgrim
Adjunct Faculty
Pothitos M. Pitychoutis
Professor; Neuroscience Programs Coordinator
Conny Pope
Adjunct Faculty
Chelse Prather
Associate Professor; Environmental Biology Coordinator
Ryan Reihart
Lecturer
Elizabeth Rhoads
Director of Premedical Programs; Executive Director of Pre-Health Resource Center; Senior Lecturer in Biology
Martha Rutan
Adjunct Faculty
Aaron Sathyanesan
Assistant Professor; Joint Appointment in School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phillip Schnell
Lecturer
Amit Singh
Professor; Brother Leonard A. Mann, S.M. Chair in the Sciences
Paul Stull
Adjunct Faculty
Yvonne Sun
Associate Professor; Biology Program Coordinator
Fred C. Tenover
Distinguished Research Professor of Microbiology
Aikaterini Tsouma
Lecturer
Melissa Williams
Lecturer
Thomas Williams
Associate Professor
Julie Wolters
Lecturer
David Wright
Associate Professor
Michelle Yingling
Lecturer
Elizabeth Yokum
Adjunct Faculty
Professional Staff
Grover Allen
Scientific Equipment and Access Technician
Leah Ceperley
Biology Field Resources Manager
Casey Hanley
Introductory Teaching Lab Coordinator; Vivarium Manager
Diego Masson
Greenhouse Technician
Erin Pacheco
Senior Administrative Assistant
Cathy Wolfe
Manager of Biology Assets and Curriculum Support
Graduate Assistants
Darcy Beazley
Graduate Research Assistant
Huy Bui
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Venkata Satya Devi Burugupalli
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Andrew Capitosti
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Thanh Lan Chu
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Lindsey Dewey
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Brendan Enochs
Graduate Research Assistant
Danny Heinz
Graduate Research Assistant
Sydney Herzog
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Mychaela Janzow
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sudipta Kalita
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Achyut Katti
Graduate Research Assistant
Sabari Krishnan
Graduate Research Assistant
Connor Kurz
Graduate Research Assistant
Sanjay Madala
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Madeline Mann
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Stephanie Murray
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Hayden Ott
Graduate Research Assistant
Arushi Rai
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Abbas Raza
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Anjali Sangeeth
Graduate Research Assistant
Devon Seibert
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Tory Westall
Graduate Teaching Assistant
